The Utah Transportation Commission convened in a Staff Update Meeting with UDOT staff on November 14, 2013, in the Tooele City Council Chambers, 90 North Main Street, Tooele, Utah, at 4:02 p.m. In attendance were:

Carlos Braceras welcomed the group and reviewed the Staff Update meeting agenda. He mentioned that there would be a group attending the Commission meeting tomorrow to talk about the West Davis Corridor.

SIB Update

Bill Lawrence distributed a handout titled State Infrastructure Bank Balance Sheet. He discussed the capitalized funding, total interest income, total remaining balances, and uncommitted balance available. He also reviewed the current loan request, loans approved but not dispersed, active loans, and completed loans. Mr. Braceras noted that the Vineyard City loan was moving slower than they hoped, as execution is pending on the railroad agreement. Additional discussion focused on defaults and penalties on SIB loans.

Proposed Mountain View Corridor Property Exchange in Utah County

Teri Newell provided information on a potential Mountain View Corridor (MVC) property exchange in Utah County. She showed a map of the parcels that were being considered for the exchange. Collins Brothers Oil owns 151 acres that would become part of the future MVC. UDOT has four parcels in Utah County, six parcels in Salt Lake County, and one parcel in Davis County that could be part of the exchange with Collins Brothers Oil. Ms. Newell said it’s early in the process, as appraisals need to be done. She explained that the land would be part of the extension west of Redwood Road and south to SR-73. And even though there aren’t any traffic issues currently, there is a build-up of development. If the Commission is ok with them trying to structure a deal, then they will continue to work on it and try to bring it to the Commission in December for consideration.

US-89/Antelope Drive Project Update

Kris Peterson talked about the US-89/Antelope Drive project and referenced the maps that were distributed. He said the project would complete Antelope Drive all the way to US-89. He discussed the frontage road and the location that has been identified for a Park & Ride lot, noting that there may be a need for additional funding for the Park and Ride lot. However, they are working on calculating what the costs would be, and there are still several issues to be discussed and worked out, as well.

Midvalley Highway Update

Nathan Lee provided an additional update on the Midvalley Highway. A map was shown of the preferred alignment from the EIS and Mr. Lee reviewed the recommended roadway design and talked about the history of the vision of the Midvalley Highway. He referred to the ‘Midvalley Highway/Interchange Travel Demand and Crash Data Review’ information in the back of the booklet that was distributed for the tour, and talked about the three project phases that are in the Unified Transportation Plan. Robert Miles discussed the information in the ‘Daily Traffic Interim Build’ table in detail, and Jeff Harris provided additional information on the existing, no build and build options. Mr. Lee concluded with a discussion on crash data and safety information/statistics.

Open Discussion

There was discussion regarding changing the date for the UDOT/Commission/UTA Board joint meeting from January 16th to January 17th.